EXHIBITION:  FOUND IN TRANSLATION:  Design in California and Mexico, 1915-1985 by Carol Kaufman Segal

            Found In Translation is one of five exhibitions presented by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) as part of the Getty’s Pacific Standard Time:  LALA plan.  Organized by Wendy Kaplan, curator and head of the Decorative Art and Design department, and Staci Steinberger, assistant curator of decorative arts and design, this exhibition is on view in the Resnick Pavilion on the grounds of the museum.

            Despite the conflicts between Mexico and the United States, California and Mexico share commonalities that are examined through four themes in this exhibition.  They are Colonial Inspiration, Pre-Hispanic Revivals, Folk Art and Craft Traditions, and Modernism.  LACMA describes the four themes as revealing that design and architecture in California and Mexico are strongly rooted in using local materials and traditions to form a specific culture rather than an “international style.”  Thus, each found a more diverse voice through “translations” of the other.

            This exhibition looks at designs and architecture interchanged between California and Mexico from 1915 to 1985.  You will find more than 250 objects on display, including furniture, metal works, ceramics, costumes, textiles, paintings, sculpture, architectural drawings and photographs, mural studies, posters, collectables, and film by over 200 artists, architects, designers, and crafts artists.

            Found In Translation will remain on view at LACMA through April 1, 2018.  The museum is located at 5905 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles.  For further information, call the museum at (323) 857-6000, or go online at www.lacma.org.